Grande Paix Montreal

The Great Peace of Montréal, a peace treaty signed in 1701 by the Governor of New France, Louis-Hector de Callière, and 39 First Nations communities. ...

Crucifix

A religious object made with wood, lead, and paint circa 1675-1681. ...

Major John Norton (Mohawk Chief Teyoninhokarawen)

"Portrait Of Major John Norton (Teyoninhokarawen). Historical paintings portraying Indigenous people are frequently loaded with harmful, colonial stereotypes. Major John Norton was a British colonial officer of mixed European and Cherokee heritage w...

An Inuit Family, 1917

A photograph by George R. King of an Inuit family which demonstrates that the family unit was of utmost importance in their culture. ...